With some effort, I watched the film by Canadian director Azazel Jacobs “Leave without saying goodbye” / French Exit, 2020. The genre is designated as a dramatic comedy (black), but I did not see anything particularly witty in the film.
The main character of the film Francis (Michelle Pfeiffer), who has not worked a single day in
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With some effort, I watched the film by Canadian director Azazel Jacobs “Leave without saying goodbye” / French Exit, 2020. The genre is designated as a dramatic comedy (black), but I did not see anything particularly witty in the film. The main character of the film Francis (Michelle Pfeiffer), who has not worked a single day in her life, has long lived in New York with her son Malcolm (Lucas Hedges), whom she took from a closed educational institution after the death of her husband, now he is an adult and even meets a girl. Over the years, she successfully squandered a rich inheritance and became completely insolvent, as her manager of finances informed her about this prospect, and he has repeatedly warned her. He offered to sell her everything he could, and he would provide her with cash, which he did, and she decided to go to Paris for a slightly mystical reason, which either actually happened or she invented it. She meets up with her longtime girlfriend, who invites her to live in her apartment in Paris. She leaves with her son and a black cat, Little Frankie, who she believes is possessed by the spirit of her late husband. On the way and after things happen, in Paris, she also behaves strangely, new characters appear around her, as strange as her, throwing money right and left and eventually fulfilling her plan to die when the money runs out. Why she did not want to leave this money to her son, whom she seems to love and who seems to love her, I never understood, and the son, apparently, has no profession and has never worked. Frankly, despite my hardening in watching various films, I did not like this film, I will not recommend it, despite the fact that M. Pfeiffer was even nominated for a Golden Globe for this role, I did not like it there either - not only as a heroine of the film, but also as an actress.
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